Overview

• Two Pankow enforcement employees approached a 30-year-old over a discarded cigarette and requested his details at S‑Bahnhof Pankow.
• The man refused to identify himself, tried to leave, and after staff blocked him he struck one officer, who deployed pepper spray.
• The attacker restrained the officer, bit him in the face, continued hitting him, and insulted a colleague before fleeing toward Hadlichstraße.
• Police arrested the suspect shortly afterward, took a blood sample, and placed him in custody; the specific illness was not disclosed.
• The injured employee was admitted to hospital for treatment and infection observation, and police opened probes for dangerous bodily harm, insult, and resisting officers, drawing condemnation from the police union.